Here in this video we will rank the 15 biggest Titans and Mechas from the Warhammer 40K Universe including the Ork Gargants, the Eldari Phantoms and Bio titans of the Tyranids.
If you ever feel like titans are a nightmare when it comes to logistics, remember they need ships to transport them across galaxies and then drop them into battlefields
@@cndenterprise1662 Only the "Warp Runners" seem to have that ability, they are a rapid reaction force of titans, but the vast majority have to be transported
@@charluu1929 they are move via mass conveyor ships and must be mustered before deployment, I recommend reading Titanicus it’s a good read and explains how they get moved around, how they operate and the scale of that type of warfare 👍
Someone was visiting St. Peter’s Basilica and just thought hey we could give this legs and massive planet destroying cannons. So they did and we love them for it
The original lore when Titans were released over 30 years ago stated that they fired ammunition as large as Leman Russ Battle Tanks. Titan's used Plasma Cannons normally mounted on Imperial Cruisers. Three Warlord Titans can drop an Imperial Navy Cruiser from High orbit. It's all in the lore. The table top models etc are all abstract and are NOT true scale. The Warhammer Cinematic Universe if it follows the original lore will show that Titans are equivalent to Mass Effect's Reapers in size and destructive power. Titans truly are GOD MACHINES.
Yeah these things seem too small for how they’re described. 400 feet is tall, but titans are supposed to be so large it defies all logic, guardsmen are left in absolute awe at the sight of them.
Lol Castigor was the father of titans but wasn't even close to the size you described, at that size what is the point of a titan it would be so heavy it would sink into the earth, battleships exist for a reason and even a battleship in warhammer couldn't fit a Titan the size of a reaper in it's berth, unless it was the size of the smaller type of reaper.
@@Wintershot The Castigator outranks any other titan-class walker in the 41st millennium. It was more massive and possessed both vastly superior defenses (regenerative, liquid-metal armor) and vastly superior offensive weapons (the thing had a a more powerful cannon and the power claw/fist was nuts). It was the original titan of Man, from which all existing titans are recursively devolving copies of. There is only one titan that outclasses the Castigator, and only in the area of weaponry: the Warlord-Sinister-class psi-titan's psi-cannon, the Sinistramanus Tenebrae. Though, that is because the EoM basically used his techno-hax, as usual, to have them constructed. Still, though, if the STC had been recovered, and the Mechanicum/Inquisition didn't destroy it because it was AI, then the Imperium would have never had to worry about ground combat again. Then the book would have ended with "The End" as the Imperium deployed to the Eye, wiped out the traitors and demons, and all that would be left is "how do we resurrect the EoM?" But, I digress. The Castigator would have been tickled by an Imperator before the Castigator plucked the Imperator's cockpit from its torso, crushed it, and then fired a shot directly into the reactor of the Imperator's corpse.
I never heard of the last two. On the other hand, mega gargants were always the contemporary of the Imperator Titan from my memory, only beind shorter but wider.
I think the "Rare Imperator" Titans you mentioned are really called 'Apocalypse-Class' Titans. Possibly the largest Imperial Titans in existence, second only to the Castigator Titan (which later turned out to be a Daemon Engine. And the Imperator and Warmonger are both sub-classes of the Emperor Titan class, FYI.
The castigator titan wasn't a demon engine manufactured by dark mechanicum or chaos forces, it was an actual castigator class titan that was corrupted because of it using an Ai to run
@@lucasstr5653 It wasn't corrupted and they all use AI to a degree, just the Mechanicus has no true understanding of what AI is anymore. The Castigator (not really a class, it's a prototype) made its own decision as a thinking being with presumably some form of soul. It chose the Dark Forces, sadly.
@@Kayriel after the grey knights free it from the deamonic possession it gave them the STC to build castigator but they where worried it would fall in the hand of chaos and thus destroyed it... Yes grey knights commited heresy acts, however some people think the inquisition keeps the STC because they don't trust the mechanicus and the destruction is a lie and knowing the inquisition and their means, they might have one
I hate how GW alters fluff over the years. I remember seeing art of titans that were literally mountain size. You could store practically an army of Marines inside in the legs alone.
1)Hsrridan is 28m at length, and 5.5 m at height. 2)In game Harridan has a "Supersonic" ability, though Lexicanum lists it's speed at 100 km/h averege and 200 km/h max.
I'll give some benefit of the doubt here that some of these sizes might be correct according to the latest output but none are correct with the original rules/background or early models, Tyranids have bigger bio titans and Orcs ALWAYS build their Gargants bigger than Imperial Titans, a great Gargant should be at least as tall as a Warlord and several times the weight while a Mega Gargant is about equal head height with an Imperator but again much heavier and the Temple Gargant dwarfs them all.
Somewhat surprised that Imperial Knights weren’t on the list. But then again, I guess they’re more of a “mech-suit”, rather than an actual Titan. Cool video!
A mekboy gargant is a bit smaller than a gargant and still considered titan class unit.... Eldar had a scout titan which name i cant remember. Tech guard knights and ork stompas are too small to be considered titans, they are in the super heavy tanks class.
very good video, loved the size comparison when you zoomed out. rather funny how the tyranids are such a threat to the galaxy while their biggest unit shown so far isnt even half way up the list.
Also they have bio ships that are living creatures, and are the size of most of the larger ships in the imperium. Literally tyranids that are kilometres in length.
The Imperator Titan is the name of the first and more common variant of Emperor Titan, the other being the Warmonger, there isn't a class bigger than that.
@@gundamcollector77 I was merely commenting tht the OP was wrong is placing an "imperator" titan bigger than the emperor and warmonger, Imperator and Wamronger being the names of the two types of Emperor class titans. The Castigator is indeed bigger but there was ony one and it was piloted by an AI, and it got destroyed, I don't know if it has a place in that video.
You missed the titan that stands even taller than imperator titans which was called the castigator or known as the father of all titans. Only 1 of existence but was corrupted by a chaos daemon so it was shut down immediately by grey knights.
6:41 ive never heard of this one. (Also thats a Castellan Knight kitbashed into a maybe Adeptus Titanicus scale which i now want to attempt cus that looks cool)
Damn those last one things are huge, I see them for the first time. Also I expected that there will be titan units from other factions (Tau and Necrons for example), but still it's a great a video!
Haven't kept up with the lore to tell what's up with Necrons but Tau famously can't build titans. They haven't reached that tech capability yet and they thought Titans were a myth at first because it seemed impossible to them. That's why people enjoy the interaction between the Tau and older races. Because the Tau are the only race in rapid ascent whilst every other race bar Nids are long in descent, but the old races fell from such heights that they've forgotten more than the Tau ever knew, so you get these really jarring match ups.
Some of this titan weapons are mounted on spaceships. That shows... how strong having a navy is during combat for orbital support. Especially since 40k factions usually love to do massive swarms as if they where on the year 200bc.
It is worth mentioning "mounted on spaceships" should be followed with "as secondary, tertiary or anti-fighter batteries". Basically no titan weapon has yet come even close to the power of a lance cannon mounted on anything larger than a cruiser (but then those lance cannons are bigger than Emperor class titans).
_"as secondary, tertiary or anti-fighter batteries"._ It's not always the case: "A weapon of terrifying and indiscriminate power, the Sunfury Plasma Annihilator is capable of incinerating entire cityscapes and rendering the strongest armour into steaming vapour. Developed from designs intended for the *broadside batteries of void warships,* plasma annihilators such as the Sunfury are able to be mounted only on the largest of the Imperium's war machines, such as Battle Titans, as both the reactor-strength required to charge them and the motive power to wield them demand nothing less." *-Forge World: Warlord Titan Sunfury Pattern Plasma Annihilator* Even though such batteries normally hold dozens of such cannons with stronger reactors, titans still have some percentage of starship firepower. _"Basically no titan weapon has yet come even close to the power of a lance cannon"_ It's a funny coincidence that lore already drew such comparison for Imperial knights: "The Knight Castellan's dual plasma core fuels a frightening array of weapon systems, sufficient to make it a mobile artillery battery. Its awesome plasma decimator gouges the heart out of an enemy army, while the firepower of its volcano lance is comparable to *an Imperial Navy warship."* *-Games Workshop: Knight Castellan* "The Castellan’s other armament is the volcano lance. Possessing massive range and stopping power, this laser cannon is the bane of super-heavy war engines and beasts. It can core out a lumbering Squiggoth or behead an enemy Titan, and when several Knights Castellan open fire at once, the effect is commensurate with the *lance batteries of an Imperial Navy warship."* *-Codex: Imperial Knights (8th Edition)* Which is not a big suprise: Imperial Knights are known for their apocalyptic battles that can destabilize the planet's crust: "A cloud of Ork Roks plummets to the surface of the Infernal Knight world Cobbran, home of House Qiln. Before the dust of impact has settled, dozens of Stompas bearing the mark of the Deathskulls emerge from the crude landing vessels and begin a lumbering march toward the nearest keep. Filled with outrage, the Chaos Knights stride out in mass to meet the invaders, forming a lance of over five hundred roaring war engines with which to charge head-on into their foe. *Such is the scale of the ensuing battle, so heavy the metallic footfalls and so destructive the barrages, that the tectonic crust of Cobbran shifts, leading to explosive volcanic activity.* Those Knights that are falled are quickly hacked to scrap by wide-eyed Big Meks. Meanwhile every Stompa that is toppled is dragged into the open lava flows by cults of Idolators loyal to House Qiln, and in profane rituals new, fully formed Chaos Knights are summoned into being from the bubbling slag." *-Codex: Chaos Knights (8th Edition)* And chaos cultist engineers can summon knights from the slag 💀 _"mounted on anything larger than a cruiser"_ At least titans can do this: "There are very few enemies who can hope to stand against Myrimidon Maniple. Comprising of the mightiest battle titans, it boasts sufficient firepower to damage cruisers in low orbit" *-Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook (2018)*
@@user-py6wo6ri7q those are broadside weapons on cruisers, not battleships (battleships can mount them as part of its broadside, but usually find something larger). On battleships they are a secondary weapon at best, hence my original statement stands. Even on cruisers the broadside weapons can be argued to be secondary weapons, their primary weapon is often a prow mounted weapon of some sort. Also consider this, a titan mounts 1 of them as its heaviest primary weapon. A line warship (cruisers and above) broadside is often a few dozen turrets, I some cases a few hundred (the larger battleships). Remember the largest of titans are smaller than most fleet escorts (frigates and the like) and have generally comparable firepower to them (small escorts often only have a handful of broadside weapons). But considering a single light cruiser can given suitable time (hours, days at most) effectively render a planet lifeless, even fitting one of their secondary weapons on a ground vehicle is overkill. As for damaging cruisers in low orbit, naturally, they are using the same weapons as you find mounted on a cruiser to do it, cruisers can kill cruisers, so it's only fair a titan armed with a cruiser weapon can damage a cruiser (notice how they say damage, not cripple, not incapacitate, and definatly not destroy). The issue is what happens when the cruiser chooses to return fire.
The TOP of the TOP is surely the Titan of The Beast. During the War Of The Beast (an Ork who was turning into a Krork), when the Primarch Vulkan was still alive and the Titans where product in mass, there's this super titan so big and so powerful than the Imperium must be forced to use ALL his Titan forces to fight it. When THOUSANDS of Titans where destroyed during the fight, Vulkan, The Space Marines snd the Legions of Titans made an hole on the enormous Beast's Titan and they go INSIDE of that thing to bring the fight. They said it was so big than even a Legion of Imperator Titans can be go inside on that thing without problem of space, and it was so high the none Titan can see the end of it. That thing was insane! Even for Warhammer!
That's because GW and BlackLibrary have a terrible track record of keeping power scales consistent. At that point they could have called the mobile moons they built and called it a day.
I always thought they were bigger. I mean the 1st level of the Eiffel Tower is 200 feet tall (the top is around 1000ft) Seriously look at a picture of the Eiffel tower.......most of these Titans are walking under it by a lot! 100% none seen from space at these heights liked and subscribed
There's quite a lot of liberties taken with this video. We have no canonical size for the Emperor class Titan, which is divided between the Warmonger and Imperator, not the Emperor and Imperator. They are also roughly the same size since they are built on the same chassis with differences in weapons and roles, the Warmonger being an indirect fire support Titan, the Imperator a mainline Battle Titan. Last but not least you missed several classes including the Subjugator, Quesator, Castigator, Carnivore, Punisher, Mirage, Komodo, and Apocalypse Titan.
John gramaticus the perpetual has nightmares about the men of iron titans that were essentially planet sized army ants that would snip conquered worlds in half with their mandibles
The imperator isnt the biggests titan, that would be the castigator which only had one version built a long time ago. It got taken over by a chaos demon and took grey knights to take down
I always thought they were bigger based on the size of their guns on and stuff in dawn of war, though they are positively tiny compared to modern city buildings, I imagined them towering over buildings, but in reality they could all easily hide in a city.
Read Titanicus, even Warhounds crush entire city blocks after they've been fighting for a while. If you like Titans it's a very good story and really helps illustrate the power and size of them.
It should be noted, that the scale of Warhammer Titans is very conflicting with itself. There is source material ranging from the (conservative) estimates from this video, all the way to Warlord being multiple Kilometers high, dwarfing hive citys.
These are big but remember that there is a forgotten class of titan called the apocalypse class which was so big it could be seen from orbit, like the people on the ground could see less of the titan than the people in orbit
okay okay okay okay. not an ork fan, but the garguants have a massive size range, from imperators to reavers. i dont think you re doing them quite the justice they deserve. Still a great video btw! edit: rly sry i only commented this before watching 2:48.... very sorry!
But wait... there is another, though it is literally a super prototype from the dark age of technology, and get's destroyed in the book it reveals itself. The Castigator was the first titan, and doubled as the titan STC, and was far superior to the titans that followed (ie, those we just covered). It stood taller then the Imperator Titans, and had it's head on it's shoulders instead of a palace/church/fortress. It needed no pilot; it was the body for a corrupted and malevolent AI. It's weapons weren't fully covered in the book, but at least one of them literally shot deamons. The dark age of technology was truly a terrifying place. It was destroyed by a grey knight infiltrating it's body, and on confrontation with the AI core, tricking it into fully corrupting into a deamon - which grey knights are made to kill.
i always thought the "emperor class" and "Imperator class" titans are one and the same, just diff "naming" since its the same word just in diff languages... tbh the 60m/150m i thought was just some good old case of lore discrepancy due to alot authors having their hands in it XD
There seems to be an issue with your harridan scale because on tabletop, the harridan is nowhere near that big. It's actually smaller than the bio titan if you don't count the wings.
timestamps for myself for what I came here for 1:15 Warhound Titan 2:07 Reaver Titan 3:28 Warbringer Titan (Nemesis Class) 4:18 Warlord Titan 5:10 Warmaster Titan 5:40 Imperator / Warmonger Titan (Emperor class) 6:38 Rare Imperatus Titan (Apocalypse class)